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The Unbroken – LGBT Book Review

The Unbroken by C. L. Clarke is the debut novel in a new fantasy series. It follows Touraine, a slave, a soldier. She was stolen from her homeland and trained…

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March 10, 2021
Black Author / Female Author / Own Voices / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Romance / Standalone

Honey Girl – LGBT Book Review

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers is the sapphic romance novel for all anxious mid to late-twenties millennials out there. I don't make the rules. Thank you to Netgalley and Park…

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February 9, 2021
Fantasy / Own Voices / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Series / Urban Fantasy

Wolfsong – LGBT Book Review

So, I made the mistake of looking at reviews before reading Wolfsong. Someone referred to Wolfsong as basically Twilight, but gay. And that statement influenced my whole experience with this…

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December 29, 2020
Female Author / Own Voices / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Romance / Series / Standalone

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows – LGBT Book Review

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite is a fantastic historical romance starring two women in their 40s.  Agatha is a single mother and widow. She owns…

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December 22, 2020
Female Author / Own Voices / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Romance / Series / Standalone

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics – LGBT Book Review

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite was the first romance novel I have ever read. And well, I might now be a sapphic historical romance reader. At…

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December 15, 2020
Horror / Indigenous Author / Own Voices / Standalone

The Only Good Indians – Book Review

Are you looking for a horror novel that owns its Indigenous mythology and isn’t just a bunch of white people with a terrible depiction of a Wendigo and a racist…

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October 27, 2020
Fantasy / Female Author / Own Voices / Series

The Bone Shard Daughter – Book Review

Thank you to Netgalley and the Orbit team for approving me for an e-arc in exchange for review! The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart is the first book in…

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September 29, 2020
Fantasy / Own Voices / Queer Author / Trans Author

Phoenix Extravagant – LGBT Book Review

Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. This tagline from the synopsis really drew me into Phoenix Extravagant and I love how consistent this…

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May 26, 2020
Black Author / Fantasy / Own Voices / Queer Author / Standalone

A Taste of Honey – LGBT Book Review

Kai Ashante Wilson’s A Taste of Honey is an own voices fantasy novella that follows Aqib, fourth-cousin to the Olorumi royal family and the youngest child of the Master of…

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April 14, 2020
Black Author / Fantasy / Own Voices / Queer Author / Standalone

The Deep – LGBT Book Review

Rivers Solomon’s The Deep imagines a world where mermaids are the descendants of the pregnant African slave women who were thrown overboard by slave owners. A really interesting concept to…

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April 7, 2020

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